French: from a diminutive of Old French tasse ‘purse’
(apparently of Arabic origin), hence a metonymic occupational name for
a maker or seller of purses and bags, or nickname for a rich man or a
miser.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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